Siân Pari Huws
(2 September 1960 – 29 November 2015) was a journalist and broadcaster. She worked for
BBC Cymru Wales in Cardiff and broadcast in Welsh and English.
Biography
A sea captain's daughter,
Siân Pari Huws was born in
St Asaph and the family moved to the Wirral.
[ She spent her childhood in Spital, Bebington. She attended ]Wirral Grammar School for Girls
("A monument more lasting than bronze", from Horace's Poem 3:30)
, established = 1931
, closed =
, type = Grammar school;Academy
, religious_affiliation =
, president ...
and went on to study in Aberystwyth University
, mottoeng = A world without knowledge is no world at all
, established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'')
, former_names = University of Wales, Aberystwyth
, type = Public
, endowment = ...
. She died of cancer at the age of 55 on 29 November 2015,
Career
She joined the BBC in Cardiff in the early 1980s.[ She occasionally presented ''Post Prynhawn'' on ]Radio Cymru
BBC Radio Cymru is a Welsh language radio network owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts on two stations across Wales on FM, DAB, digital TV and online.
The main network broadcasts for hours a day from ...
along with many other programmes. She was also a familiar voice on Radio 3 presenting concerts by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Cardiff Singer of the World.[ She worked as a freelance presenter, producer and media coach. She presented a series for ]S4C
S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking ...
- ''Hanes Cymru a'r Môr'' - looking at the maritime history of Wales.[
]
References
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Welsh journalists
Welsh women journalists
Welsh radio presenters
Welsh women radio presenters
1960 births
2015 deaths
People from St Asaph